And just like that it’s over! Two years of
supervising, mentoring, reproaching my Seed “kids” and they’ve flown from the
nest.
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| Seeders at Partner Gathering |
We had some good times together here at the
end! Many of the supervisors and colleagues from our partner organizations came
to Bukavu and participated in a day-long meeting (afternoon and the following
morning) where we went through some formalities, but mostly importantly, all
the Seeders led small group discussions about a subject they’ve studied during
the course of Seed and that’s important to them. We used the “World Café”
process that worked really well in this setting, and we discussed topics such
as African solidarity, reconciliation, accountability, democracy, and others.
To be honest, I haven’t even looked at the evaluations yet, but from the way
people were participating, I’d say it was a success!
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| Serge and me at Partner Gathering |
Then the Seed team moved together to Kigali
where we stayed at a 7 bedroom Airbnb for three days together as we went
through debriefing, celebrating and saying our goodbyes. Mark was awesome and
led a number of experiential learning activities which kept up some of the
energy – by that time we were all really tired already! It was a sweet time
together, but I was really relieved to get them on their way home and out from
under our supervisory responsibility!
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| Our "Last Supper" as Seed team in Kigali |
When we got home on Thursday, I was happy
to realize it’s okay if my phone is not accessible for a while because there’s
no one who should call me in case of emergency! Phew! That feels good.
We finished
well and as planned (not early!), and we finished with all ten members of our
original team! Praise God!
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